quo without arming (or unarmed peace) and open conflict (or war) that is possibly destructive. With a focus on outcomes … that are immune to both unilateral deviations and coalitional deviations, we find that, depending on war’s destructive …, but only when the configuration of parameters describing the degree of output security and the degree of war's destruction …

compliers, whose mediator reacts to the treatment, are identified. We provide an empirical application based on the Vietnam …

in US states may indeed reduce corruption levels among elected representatives. -- bicameralism ; corruption ; lobbying …

allowing for the possibility that policymakers also may be influenced by the rent-seeking (lobbying) behavior of businesses …

partner, the agreement can cause a leakage of protectionist benefits to domestic industry from lobbying against external …

our model, political entrepreneurs discover identity and worldview “memes” (narratives, cues, frames) that shift beliefs …